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TIL TB used to be associated with vampires. When one member of a family died from the disease, the other infected members would lose their health slowly. People believed this was caused by the original person with TB draining the life from the other family members

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j6BYv TIL A bullet struck the Cleveland Indians team bus in 2004. It hit pitcher Kyle Denney in the calf, but his injury was mitigated by the boots he was wearing as part of his cheerleader outfit for a rookie hazing ritual.
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